Sample Menu

All meals are made onboard with skill and diligence to make the dining experience alone a pleasing element of your trip aboard Whitsunday Getaway. Using fresh locally sourced and seasonal produce to bring you a mixture of hearty home-cooked style meals and refined cuisine.

See Below:

Breakfast: Tropical fruit salad with croissants, cereals, yoghurt, orange juice, tea and coffee; Pancakes with fresh fruit, cereals, yoghurt, orange juice, tea and coffee; Antipasto platter with brie, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, dips and crackers

Snacks: Anzac biscuits, Lamingtons, fresh fruit, cordial; Cheese and meat platter with a variety of dips, carrots, celery and crackers; Whitsunday Nachos with sour crème and guacamole

Lunch: Meat platter with lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, tuna salad served with bread rolls

Dinner: Reef fish in coconut and lime marinade, stir-fried vegetable mix, marble potato mash, crunchy noodle salad and garlic bread; BBQ steaks and sausages with caramelized onions, mushrooms, carrots, Greek salad and dinner rolls

Dessert: Cheesecake with whipped cream/Chocolate cake with whipped cream

Fresh fruit and cookies are available for passengers all day. The menu is designed based on fresh seasonal ingredients and is subject to change. Alcohol is BYO, and glass bottles and red wine are permitted onboard exclusively.

You will need to fly into Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP) located in Proserpine. Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne all have direct flights.

From Brisbane, it will take around 14 hours, and will take about 7-8 hours from Cairns.

There are luggage storage facilities in Airlie Beach or you may be able to store your luggage at your hotel or accommodation.

You can bring a small, soft-sided bag on board. No hard cases are allowed and please no zips.

Many shops on the main street of Airlie Beach sell cheap bags that are appropriate, such as dry bags, tote bags or food shopping bags. They are the perfect size for trips to the Whitsundays and dry bags have the added bonus of keeping all your belongings dry.

A stinger suit is a thin wetsuit appropriate for the warmer water here in the Whitsundays. They are designed to help protect you against stingers and from the sun while you snorkel.

Stinger suits are provided on all of the boats, however if you have your own wetsuit you would like to bring, you are more than welcome.

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How much alcohol you should bring depends on the individual. We advise bringing however much you would normally drink for a social event, per how many days/nights you are on the boat. Please be advised – you do not have to bring alcohol at all if you do not wish to.

On BYO vessels, once you have boarded the boat there will be no other options to buy alcoholic drinks. There are usually options for purchasing soft drinks.

You are allowed to bring whichever drinks you want. On most boats, we just ask you do not bring glass or red wine on board.

Yes, you will have an opportunity to get off the boat during your visit to Hill Inlet and Whitehaven Beach and at least one snorkelling location.

Day 1
Meet your crew at Coral Sea Marina 30 minutes before departure for a headcount. Depart the marina at 3pm and sail to overnight anchorage and sunset sail.

Day 2
After Breakfast, sail to Tongue Bay for a guided bush walk to Hill Inlet Lookout, a spectacular lookout overlooking Whitehaven Beach. Back on board to enjoy lunch before heading around to Whitehaven Beach. Enjoy an hour on the beach before setting sail and heading north along the eastern side of Hook Island. Overnight anchor in one of the many bays on Hook Island.

Day 3
After Breakfast, either use the stand-up paddleboards or snorkel over fringing coral reefs. After lunch, make your way to another beautiful bay for a chance to snorkel, swim, sunbathe, or take a stroll along the beach. Mid-afternoon set sail for an overnight stop at Hayman Island or Langford Island. Enjoy a drink and pre-dinner snacks while you watch the sunset over the water.

Day 4
After Breakfast, enjoy a swim or snorkel then it is time for morning tea/brunch. Set sails and headback to Coral Sea Marina, arriving at 1pm.

Day 1
Meet your crew at Coral Sea Marina 30 minutes before departure for a headcount. Whitsunday Getaway departs at 3pm, sail to your first overnight stop, Nara Inlet on Hook Island. In time to watch the sunset over the islands.

Day 2
After Breakfast, sail to Hill Inlet and enjoy a leisurely walk to the swirly sands lookout. Visit Whitehaven Beach for a swim, paddleboard or spend time relaxing, then mid-afternoon sail to one of the magnificent small bays and stop at Border Island for an amazing Whitsunday Sunset. Overnight anchorage at Stonehaven.

Day 3
After breakfast, time to go for a paddle or snorkelling on the island's coral reefs teeming with fish and beautiful corals. After morning tea it's time to leave the islands sailing across the Whitsunday Passage back to Coral Sea Marina at 1pm.